Baseball Preview: Belle Vernon Leopards vs. Greater Latrobe Wildcats
The Belle Vernon Leopards will head out on the road to face off against the Greater Latrobe Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Belle Vernon is looking to tack on another W to their five-game streak on the road.
Belle Vernon is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 13 runs on Wednesday, they were much more limited against Yough on Thursday. They fell just short of the Cougars by a score of 3-2.
Zach Bird was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out eight batters over 5.2 innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off four hits (and only one walk).
At the plate, Belle Vernon saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Alex Nash, who went 1-for-2 with two RBI.
Meanwhile, Greater Latrobe had already won nine in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.2 runs), and they went ahead and made it ten on Friday. They never let the Indians onto the board and left with a 6-0 win. Greater Latrobe might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won seven matchups by six runs or more this season.
Belle Vernon's loss dropped their record down to 11-3. As for Greater Latrobe, their victory bumped their record up to 12-2.
Belle Vernon might still be hurting after the 15-5 defeat they got from Greater Latrobe in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. Can Belle Vernon avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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